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...speaker will have its consequences and if Burrows' appointment to relatively low-profile committees was the first.RiceUniversity political science professor Mark P. Jones, who monitors politics and voting trends in the statehouse, discussed...

...impressive and very competitive Republican field," said Mark P. Jones, chairman of the political science department at RiceUniversity in Houston."You've got Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, even guys like Scott Walker," Jones said in reference to...

...from the pressure by disappearing into nature to fish or hunt, said Douglas Brinkley, a presidential historian at RiceUniversity. But such solitude has become less and less attainable for presidents in modern times."Many people call Obama...

...those ministries don't have as deep pockets as the insurance industry," said Vivian Ho, a health economist at RiceUniversity's Baker Institute for Public Policy. "You're at greater risk if you do unfortunately get a very costly illness...

...Rottinghaus said.Tony Payan, director of the Mexico Center at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at RiceUniversity, said it is easy for Texas Republicans to criticize Obama's immigration policy because the president is very unpopular...

...analysis of legislative voting records - conducted by RiceUniversity - ranked him as the eighth most conservative in the...members who support Turner.Moreover, though the RiceUniversity analysis ranked Capriglione the fifth most conservative...

...activity by Mexican drug cartels. It gave us no confidence to hear from Tony Payan, director of the Mexico Center at RiceUniversity's Baker Institute for Public Policy, that the term "drug cartel" is outdated and is no longer used by experts...

...on the other hand, it frees it" to become a more modern left, said Tony Payan, director of the Mexico Center at RiceUniversity's Baker Institute for Public Policy.Cardenas is inextricably linked to his father Lazaro Cardenas and the old...

...traditional political career," said Mark P. Jones, chairman of the political science department at Houston-based RiceUniversity."He rose from the ranks of (Texas) Supreme Court justice to attorney general and now to governor," said Jones...

...because both will be the only senators representing the region.Although in non-partisan rankings, like the one RiceUniversity Professor Mark P. Jones does at the end of each session, Perry is usually listed among the most conservative lawmakers...